학술논문
Exclusive Measurement of the Nonmesonic Weak Decay of ^{5}_{\Lambda}He Hypernucleus
Document Type
Working Paper
Author
Kang, B. H.; Ajimura, S.; Aoki, K.; Banu, A.; Bhang, H.; Fukuda, T.; Hashimoto, O.; Hwang, J. I.; Kameoka, S.; Kim, E. H.; Kim, J. H.; Kim, M. J.; Maruta, T.; Miura, Y.; Miyake, Y.; Nagae, T.; Nakamura, M.; Nakamura, S. N.; Noumi, H.; Okada, S.; Okayasu, Y.; Outa, H.; Park, H.; Saha, P. K.; Sato, Y.; Sekimoto, M.; Takahashi, T.; Tamura, H.; Tanida, K.; Toyoda, A.; Tsukada, K.; Watanabe, T.; Yim, H. J.
Source
Phys.Rev.Lett. 96 (2006) 062301
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Abstract
We performed a coincidence measurement of two nucleons emitted from the nonmesonic weak decay (NMWD) of ^{5}_{\Lambda}He formed via the ^{6}Li(\pi^+,K^+) reaction. The energies of two nucleons and the pair number distributions in the opening angle between them were measured. In both np and nn pairs, we observed a clean back-to-back correlation coming from the two-body decay of \Lambda p --> n p and \Lambda n --> n n, respectively. The ratio of the nucleon pair numbers was N_{nn}/N_{np}=0.45 \pm 0.11(stat)\pm 0.03(syst) in the kinematic region of cos(theta_{NN}) < -0.8. Since each decay mode was exclusively detected, the measured ratio should be close to the ratio of \Gamma(\Lambda p --> np)/\Gamma(\Lambda n --> nn). The ratio is consistent with recent theoretical calculations based on the heavy meson/direct quark exchange picture.
Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev. lett., 4 pages, 3 figures
Comment: Submitted to Phys. Rev. lett., 4 pages, 3 figures